Black Lives Matter

Join students from around the world for an interactive discussion about what one of the most powerful movements and moments of our time can teach us about global organizing for liberation and justice.

The year 2020 bore witness to mass protests around the world in response to the murder of George Floyd in the U.S.A, the latest in a string of killings of Black people at the hands of the police. Has anything changed in the year that has passed? Are there any conclusive results that have come from appeals for accountability? What overlaps exist with other similar movements, like #RhodesMustFall in South Africa?

American-born, and Cape Town-based scholar, writer and artist, Kim M Reynolds, will join us to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement, its expression in the U.S.A, as well as the power of a flexible movement that allows it to be rooted across the globe. Kim will be joined in conversation by Kanishka Sikri to explore what we can learn from the Black Lives Matter movement, its longevity and power in connecting across different global contexts, and how we can collectively come together to build relationships, practice community, and heal through shared creation and commitment to abolition.

Following the discussion, participants will have the opportunity to join small, facilitated breakout groups with students from participating global locations, to discuss their own experiences and perspectives, and to engage in a shared creative activity, a collective poem. Don’t miss this essential opportunity for learning, connection and creation.

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